Happy 6th birthday, App Store!<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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MobileMe, the App Store shipped. And once again, nothing was ever the same.</p> <ul><li>
Read all about the early history of the App Store</li> </ul><p>So to everyone who built the App Store and populated it then, to everyone who manages, reviews, edits, and develops for it today, and to everyone who uses it every day, happy birthday!</p> <p>If you had an iPhone on App Store launch day, let me know — which apps did you buy or download first?</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-25674"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='
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